wyretrip Posted December 26, 2017 Report Posted December 26, 2017 Event Title: Maple Festival 2018 Event Date: 03/10/2018 08:30 AM to 03/11/2018 05:00 PM Event Address: 140A Purcellville Gateway Drive , Purcellville, 20132, United States Maple Festival - March 10th - 11th This will be an overnight destination run to the Maple Festival in Montery, VA. We will head down for the start of the festival on Saturday March 10th and enjoy touring the country back roads of Montery, VA while making various stops at sugar farms and other highlights of Virginia’s often hidden maple industry! Event Summary - http://www.highlandcounty.org/events/maple-festival/ Take a step back in time to Highland County, “Virginia’s Sweet Spot”. Travel back roads and mountain byways to the annual Highland Maple Festival. Held on the 2nd and 3rd weekends of March, the Maple Festival has been an annual event in Highland County, Virginia, since 1958.Each year, thousands of visitors are drawn to this unspoiled, rural region of Virginia to celebrate the “opening” of the trees and observe the process of maple syrup-making. Sugar camp tours provide a unique and educational experience that portrays a rapidly vanishing way of American life.The Highland Maple Festival was designated a “Local Legacy” by the Library of Congress in 1999. We are dog-friendly! Dogs on a leash are welcome at all outside Maple Festival locations; however dogs are not allowed in any inside locations. We love our four-legged visitors, but we want to make sure everyone stays safe, so we recommend all dogs wear a comfortable muzzle. With many people and other dogs around the festival, we want to make sure no one gets excited and everyone (dogs included) stay safe! Thank you! Lodging We recommend somewhere in Warm Springs, VA. It has more options and doesn’t require the two night stay you will find most places if you choose to stay in Montery, VA. The Inn at Warm Springs - https://www.theinnatwarmsprings.com/ Agenda This agenda is basically where I’ll be running the group. There is a lot of see and do down there so if you’d prefer to break off for part, you can use this agenda to find where we are planning on being so you can meet up. March 10th - 8:30 AM - Gather at Starbucks in Purcellville. (140 Purcellville Gateway Dr, Purcellville, VA 20132) 8:50 AM - Drivers Meeting 9:00 AM - Departure 12:00PM - Lunch - Arrive Star Hotel Restaurant in Franklin, WV 2 h 47 min (129 mi) 1:00PM - Departure 1:48PM - Tour / Shop / Food - Laurel Fork Sapsuckers in Hightown, VA 48 min (31.3 mi) 2:50PM - Departure 3:30PM - Tour / Shop / Food - Southernmost Maple Products in Bolar, VA 41 min (27.3 mi) 4:30PM - Departure 5:00PM - Arrive Warm Springs, VA 27 min (18.8 mi) March 11th - TBD - Breakfast in Warm Springs Drive to Montery, VA Tour / Shop / Food Montery, VA Any additional Sugar Farm stops Drive home RSVP on the event here: Maple Festival 2018 2018-Maple-Festival-brochure.-merged-and-compressed.pdf
wyretrip Posted March 5, 2018 Author Report Posted March 5, 2018 Run Update: Keeping an eye on the weather this weekend. It is currently calling for snow in Warm Springs, VA. Hopefully that will change as the week progresses. I am aware of 2 MINIs (4 people) that are attending this according to RSVPs. Is anyone planning on attending that has not yet RSVP'd? We want to make sure we are waiting for everyone that intends on going with us.
wyretrip Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Posted March 9, 2018 Final Update: The run is a go! As a final reminder, I will not be waiting for anyone who hasn't RSVP'd. We'll take lots of pics of our adventures!
wyretrip Posted March 12, 2018 Author Report Posted March 12, 2018 Maple Festival Run was able to dodge the snow and get in some great mountain driving. @AzFlower and I stayed in a remodeled jail that was part of the old courthouse in Warm Springs, VA which we enjoyed a lot! Cannot remember what the converted for @1975_mini and @Brandy_Brown's room, but it was super nice looking too. Dinner was at the Waterwheel Restaurant in Warm Springs which was a converted mill. The girls will tell you that the highlight was selecting their wine from the restaurant's wine cellar. All in all, a great trip and one that I look forward to repeating next year. Maybe others will join us! Here is the photo album that I created for the event! Maybe @Brandy_Brown will post some of her excellent photos from the drive! 1
